Chiz Escudero, Loren Legarda, Grace Poe-Llmanzares dropped by UNA

ABS-CBNNews.com reports that on Thursday, February 21, that "the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) announced that it has officially dropped guest candidates Grace Poe-Llamanzares, Sen. Francis Escudero and Sen. Loren Legarda from its senatorial ticket in the May 2013 elections."

ABS-CBNNews.com reports that on Thursday, February 21, that "the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) announced that it has officially dropped guest candidates Grace Poe-Llamanzares, Sen. Francis Escudero and Sen. Loren Legarda from its senatorial ticket in the May 2013 elections."

The report noted that in a statement, UNA campaign manager Toby Tiangco said "the coalition has decided it is no longer obligated to include the names of Escudero, Legarda and Poe-Llamanzares in its list of senatorial candidates."

The report quoted Tiangco, who said, "They are no longer common candidates and they are no longer guest candidates. We have extended all courtesies and possible solutions to them na makapunta sila (so they can make it)." Earlier reports said that the three were often absent from UNA campaign sorties.